diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/variablechooser.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/variablechooser.cpp
index 5b7bda4d3ef..f09fc95385e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/variablechooser.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/variablechooser.cpp
@@ -372,6 +372,18 @@ void VariableChooser::addSupportedWidget(QWidget *textcontrol, const QByteArray
     textcontrol->setProperty(kVariableNameProperty, ownName);
 }
 
+void VariableChooser::addSupportForChildWidgets(QWidget *parent, MacroExpander *expander)
+{
+     auto chooser = new VariableChooser(parent);
+     chooser->addMacroExpanderProvider([expander] { return expander; });
+     foreach (QWidget *child, parent->findChildren<QWidget *>()) {
+         if (qobject_cast<QLineEdit *>(child)
+                 || qobject_cast<QTextEdit *>(child)
+                 || qobject_cast<QPlainTextEdit *>(child))
+             chooser->addSupportedWidget(child);
+     }
+}
+
 /*!
  * \internal
  */
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/variablechooser.h b/src/plugins/coreplugin/variablechooser.h
index 7c4a1568bd2..74ca3abdec2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/variablechooser.h
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/variablechooser.h
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ public:
     void addMacroExpanderProvider(const Utils::MacroExpanderProvider &provider);
     void addSupportedWidget(QWidget *textcontrol, const QByteArray &ownName = QByteArray());
 
+    static void addSupportForChildWidgets(QWidget *parent, Utils::MacroExpander *expander);
+
 protected:
     void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *ev);
     bool eventFilter(QObject *, QEvent *event);